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April is national poetry month
I was thinking about how to celebrate and I thought back to high school. Did you ever have to memorize a poem and recite it to an English class? I remember sitting there, half a dozen options already in my head. I was thrilled at the prospect of picking one. Around me, my classmates were…
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A New Year by Inches
Things look a little different here at tsdickerson.com. I needed to make a decision about the web hosting for my site this year and I chose a different direction. Direction has been a bit of a theme in my life lately. I was heading in a certain direction pre-Covid, then for a couple of years…
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Book Review: All the Ever Afters
*** I give All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller 3 stars. I’m really glad I picked this one up from my local library and I’m glad that I finished it. It was definitely worth the read. What I Liked: What I Didn’t Like: Would I Recommend and to Whom: I think it is less of a…
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The Unpublished Words Count
My book has been out for four years. Last year was such a crazy one that I don’t even remember noticing my bookiversary. Then, it was such a shock to have made it out of 2020 and into 2021. It was a bit like the end of the waterslide, wasn’t it? When you speed up…
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Showing Up and Embracing Self-Doubt
I’ve recently had to look at being a writer from a new angle. I’ve realized that, for me at least, making the choice to be a writer is not about deciding and then clenching my teeth and holding on tight for my lifetime. Life happens. My writing groove gets interrupted by work, kids, self-doubt, or…
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3 Tips for Working on Multiple Projects at once
Frankly, it would be easier if I was one of those people who could focus on one project; start it, finish it, then move on. My brain doesn’t work that way. I have one project that is my main focus and others that I add to as the ideas flesh out. In the end, this…
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Book Review – Secrets of Islayne
I give Secrets of Islayne by Kari Lynn West 3 stars. * * * I don’t regret reading this one in the least as I think it had some very strong qualities. However, predictability made the excitement fizzle out for me. I would not hesitate to read another work from this author or even another in a…
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Four tips for capturing ideas on the go
I think I can honestly say that I’ve never really had an idea while sitting at a desk. Well, okay. There have been times when I’ve been in the process of writing and things have developed or changed as I was typing, so I suppose that happened at the desk. But, the point I’m making here…
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Book Review – Storming
I have been visiting the amazing website Helping Writers Become Authors for a few months and I’ve been following K.M. Weiland’s series “What I Learned Writing Storming.” I saw the book trailer for the dieselpunk novel and I was caught. I actually pre-ordered the ebook before it was released. It was easily one of the best novels I’ve…